Tearful Hope Solo still livin’ on a prayer on ‘DWTS’

The couple, which scored 24 points Monday with a tango to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” was tied for fourth place among eight couples going into Tuesday’s results show.

Former “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” regular Carson Kressley and his partner, Anna Trebunskaya, were voted off the show by a combination of judges’ scores and viewers’ votes.

But for the second time in three weeks, Solo and Chmerkovskiy were on the edge of elimination. They were one of the three couples in jeopardy, along with David Arquette and Kym Johnson, and Kressley and Trebunskaya.

Solo seemed to be near her breaking point.

“I keep trying and trying and nothing is good enough,” she said of the judges’ scrutiny Monday.

Later, she seemed ready to quit.

“I don’t think I can do this anymore,” she said through tears.

“This I can’t help you with,” Chmerkovskiy replied.

During their Monday routine, the former Huskies goalkeeper and current U.S. women’s national team star shed a red vinyl coat to reveal a very 1980s lacy dress. The week had an ’80s theme and all the contestants danced to songs from that decade.

While the audience’s reaction to the routine was overwhelmingly positive, the judges, as usual, were still not completely sold on Solo as a dancer. But where she was previously called too strong and not feminine enough, Monday she was called the opposite by at least one judge.

“Hope, you were too willowy,” Len Goodman said. “There was no strength in you. I don’t know how Maks controlled you. It was too loose-limbed.”

Bruno Tonioli, whose comments seem to be more about getting a rise out of the crowd and less about offering any constructive criticism, dropped a tired 1980s reference to describe Solo’s performance.